I‘m alive in 1985. What a time to be alive
Mach 2 speed the Concorde flies
LHR to JFK, return the journey the same day
Computer revolution swings
Spectrum, Amstrad gaming things

Alive in 1985. What a time to be alive
Mach 2 speed the Concorde flies

Things out of order, Brixton on fire
Back to the Future, Adventures in time, for us all
Live Aids is on the TV, and Queen play Hammer to Fall
We‘re all rock stars
And there is Life on Mars
And Bowie sings with Mick
People are crushed in the Heysel disaster
A deadly new virus is killing us faster

Life in 1985. What a time to be alive
Mach 2 speed the Concorde flies
LHR to JFK, return the journey the same day
Computer revolution swings
Spectrum, Amstrad gaming things

But I know it‘s all gone
Some is good and some is wrong
The years have moved along
It‘s not 1985 anymore

When I was 15 I learned to play guitar
We started a band and dreamed it would it would take us far
‘85 seems so far in the past
But the spirit lives on and I want it to last
When I was 50 and I had lived some life
I wrote this song and hoped it would take me far
Never stop dreaming because your time will come
If you never stop trying you‘ll always be young

Things out of order Brixton is cool
Back to the Future repeated a film for us all
Live Aid has gone but the famine rages on it rages on...
And Bowie and Freddie are gone.